Oakland Public Schools

How It Works:
In the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), priority is given to
students who live within the neighborhood boundary for the school.
(top priority goes to siblings of current students)
See the OUSD Map
to find out what your neighborhood school is. OUSD families may request
schools outside their neighborhood boundary, and the process for doing
this is explained on the OUSD Website.
The most popular schools do not accept students from other neighborhoods and in some cases
may even divert students in the neighborhood to other schools.

Charter schools are also popular in Oakland, and these
have a separate application process - see http://www.ousdcharters.net/ for info about charter schools.

A useful source for news about the OUSD is reporter Katy Murphy's
blog on Oakland schools.

Below are links to OUSD
schools that have been reviewed in the BPN, as well as parents' advice
about Oakland schools.